Cursed Womb
" Oi! Satoru senpai, did you say the cursed spirit was at the Tokyo Gate Bridge? I don't see anything here."
Ichigo walked under a slightly large bridge as he cautiously examined his surroundings, while he made a phone call, with the one who assigned him the mission
" Of course Ichigo! Keep looking, I'm sure it's around there somewhere. When you return, I promise to teach you everything I know." An annoying voice loudly spoke on the phone which caused his ears to hurt as he sighed.
" Sure senpai. Keep your word okay." Ichigo Immediately spoke and ended the call.
" Sigh. Satoru senpai is the strongest yet he's also the laziest. Why does he always assign his missions to us!!" Ichigo grumbled as he created a curtain and began to walk while examining the area.
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" This place is filled with such intense cursed energy!! Something is definitely fishy here." After walking on for a while, he noticed the intensity of the cursed energy growing stronger and stronger to the point where it suffocated him.
" Glurp! Glurp!" All of a sudden he heard creepy sounds which made him turn around only to see a large snake like curse with four eyes staring at him.
" Grade 3 curse? How can a Grade three curse be so large?" Ichigo took few steps back as he wondered with a frown.
" Ancestral Lightning Style: Thunderclap And Flash: six fold!!!" The huge snake made hissing sounds and rushed to Ichigo who got into a stance. With a murmur lightning covered his entire body, before he drew his katana with frightening speed and accuracy.
" Boom!" A second later, he stood a few meters from the snakes position and sheathed his katana. A second later, the head of the snake fell to the ground as purplish blood splashed all over.
" Hehehehe!!!" Immediately he heard a chuckle followed by a full blow creepy laughter as he turned around.
" Why do I feel a sense of deja vu?" Ichigo thought as he turned around only to see a whitish humanoid cursed spirit staring at him with a smile.
" Boom!!!" A second later, a fist smashed into him which sent him flying while spitting blood.
" What the hell is that thing?!!" Ichigo wiped the blood from his mouth. He was a second grade sorcerer now, however he was even stronger than some first grade sorcerers. The only group of sorcerers and curses who could send him flying with a punch could only be Special Grade.
" It's aura is stronger than first grades but weaker than Special Grades like Suguru. Is it semi Special Grade?" Ichigo grimaced as he slowly stood up and stretched his waist.
" I don't know what you are, but I'm not going down without a fight!" He roared as lightning streaked across his body.
" Hehehe!!!" The curse let out another creepy laughter as it waved its arms around as if it was showing contempt for the young man in front of it.
" Thunderclap and Flash: Eightfold!!! Boom!!!" Ichigo got into a stance and rushed out a eight times his full speed which was almost at the speed of sound.
Seeing the incoming sorcerer, the curse also moved, matching Ichigo's speed as they clashed. Their bodies moving at nigh Mach speed, leaving trails of light and shockwaves wherever they clashed.
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" Hehehe! What an interesting little sorcerer!" Above the bridge, a woman with short dark hair who had stitches on her forehead chuckled as she spectated the match.
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" Bang! Bang!!" Ichigo was smashed away with a fist from the curse, as his body crashed into a wall.
" Uggh!! What the hell is that thing! It has no cursed technique!! Yet it's extremely string for some reason!" Ichigo spat out another mouthful of blood as he thought.
" Heheeeee!!!" The curse let out a gleeful laugh as it raised its hands. Immediately, a concentrated amount of cursed energy began to gather as it immediately threw it towards Ichigo.
" Shit!!! Thunderclap and Flash: Godspeed!!!" Ichigo roared out and immediately his body broke the sound barrier, reaching about 8 times Mach speed as he slashed his slashed his sword towards the incoming cursed energy sphere with all his might.
" Boom!!!" A massive wave erupted, as Ichigo was sent flying once more. He spat out several mouthfuls of blood immediately. Looking at his katana, he saw that it was broken, which surprised him.
Instantly, the curse appeared in front of him in a flash hoping to end him with a punch covered with massive amounts of cursed energy.
He was unable to react in that second, as the punch rapidly magnificent in his eyes.
Closing his eyes, he waited for his death, which fortunately never came.
A second later, he opened his eyes only to see the punch a meter from his face, and the cursed spirit completely frozen in time.
" Sigh. Sorry I'm late." Suddenly he heard a familiar voice from behind him after which he turned around to see a blonde haired youth walking unconcerned with his hands in his pockets.
" Right on time man. If you had come a second later, I would've been toast." He laughed nervously as he looked at the unconcerned youth in front of him.
" Boom!!" Madara immediately rushed forward and smashed his fist into the body of the cursed spirit accompanied by red and black lightning.
It was sent flying away, a huge chunk of its body ripped apart by the force, as the lightning ravaged its body.
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" That's the new Special Grade sorcerer huh. He can stop time? Impressive." The mysterious woman spoke in deep thought and let out a chuckle.
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" Oi Ichigo. Prepare for a final move. It's regenerating." Madara spoke as he sat on a rock, his foresight activated.
" Me? Since you're here why don't you kill it?" Ichigo spoke with a facepalm. If he could kill it, he would've done that a long time ago.
" Fine. If you want me taking the credit for exorcising a semi Special Grade curse then sure." Madara spoke while he rolled his eyes.
" Hehehe. Please stop it for a while for me." Ichigo sheepishly laughed as he looked at his katana and got into a stance. Since the katana was broken, he was going to say his farewell with his most powerful attack.
" Here it comes." Madara smiled and spoke.
" Ughhhhhhhh!!!!" The curse roared out with anger written all over its face.
It gathered all of the energy it could muster and shot towards Madara who only looked at it indifferently and in the next instant, it froze again.
" Ancestral Lightning Technique: Thunderclap and Flash: Ten fold Overdrive!!!!!" Ichigo let out a loud roar, as his body shot forward instantly breaking Mach speed. Holding unto the katana with all of his strength, he slashed right into the curses body, dividing from top to bottom as its body fell apart and burned away.
Immediately the curse died, Madara walked forward and grabbed an item that seemed like it had fallen from the body of the curse.
Immediately he saw it, his eyes widened his shock. It was a reddish devilish finger with a long nail embedded in it.
Instantly, he placed it inside his pocket without Ichigo noticing.
" What a powerful attack! That boy is on par with that brat Kashimo in terms of lightning manipulation. It's a shame about the cursed womb though. But at least it worked." The woman spoke as she turned her eyes to Madara who stood there with a frown.
Feeling a powerful gaze on him, Madara turned around and looked at straight up only to see no one. " Someone was spying on us. Could the person have fed the curse spirit the finger of Ryoumen Sukuna ? What could the person possibly gain from that?" Madara placed his hand on his chin as he thought deeply.
" I have to tell Satoru about this." He thought as he began to walk away.
" Hey hey Madara!! Thanks for coming to help." Ichigo walked beside him as he spoke with a smile.
" Dont mention it ." Madara smiled.
" Did you know next week is the exchange event between our school and our sister branch in Kyoto? I'm so excited. I heard they have some real monsters among the first years." Ichigo laughed gleefully as they walked away.
A/n: After the exchange event arc, the next arc will hopefully be the Hidden Inventory, it's going to start probably from chapter 30, and the good news is, we're going PREMIUM!!!!!
Just kidding. Please make sure to send in those powerstones and stay tuned for more.